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<p>Most homeowners are willing to take part in cost-sharing that helps pay for wildfire risk mitigation on their properties, but some of those with the highest wildfire risk are the least likely to participate in those programs, according to a collaborative study by the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� and partnering institutions.</p>

<p>The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, or <a href="http://enrichment.colorado.edu/urop/">UROP</a>, is one unique program that offers CU-Boulder students an opportunity to follow academic curiosities in every field. Designed to provide grant-writing experience, connect students to faculty and explore interests beyond the classroom, the program is open to all CU-Boulder undergraduates.</p>

<p>The public is invited to attend a watch party at the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� on Sunday, Sept. 21, when NASA MAVEN spacecraft, designed to understand past climate change on Mars, inserts itself into orbit after a 10-month journey to the planet.</p>

<p>Continuing its commitment to improving America drinking water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 9 announced more than $8 million in grants to create two national centers for research and innovation in small- to medium-sized drinking water systems.</p>

<p>After spending nearly six months on the International Space Station, �Ͼ�Ʒ�� astronaut-alumnus Steve Swanson is slated to drift back to Earth in a Russian space capsule Sept. 10 before banging down on the steppe of Kazakhstan.</p>

<p>Two �Ͼ�Ʒ�� student aerospace engineering science teams have won prestigious international and national awards for the design of real-world space missions to Mars and the moon.</p>

<p>Tweets sent during last year massive flooding on Colorado Front Range were able to detail the scope of damage to the area infrastructure, according to a study by the �Ͼ�Ʒ��.</p>
<p>The findings can help geotechnical and structural engineers more effectively direct their reconnaissance efforts after future natural disasters—including earthquakes, tsunamis and tornadoes—as well as provide them data that might otherwise be lost due to rapid cleanup efforts.</p>

<p><span>The public is invited to attend free, Saturday programs led by �Ͼ�Ʒ�� faculty on popular topics as part of the CU on the Weekend series, which begins Sept. 6.</span></p>
<p>With topics ranging from the sweeping stories behind celebrated musical compositions to the micro-level study of bacteria that uniquely forms each person microbiome, CU on the Weekend programs are designed to satisfy the community curiosity surrounding some of the intriguing research conducted at CU-Boulder.</p>

<p>The importance of Mars exploration and how the aerospace industry partners with university researchers to advance one of Colorado leading economic sectors will be featured at a free program Monday, Sept. 8, in south Denver.</p>

<p>Just as diamonds with perfect symmetry may be unusually brilliant jewels, the quantum world has a symmetrical splendor of high scientific value. Confirming this exotic quantum physics theory, JILA physicists led by theorist Ana Maria Rey and experimentalist Jun Ye have observed the first direct evidence of symmetry in the magnetic properties—or nuclear “spins”—of atoms. </p>